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Everything you need to install, run, tune and test the AURAX Gold Bot on your MT5 account.

Getting startedRunning the botTemplatesTesting & backtestingBulk & controlsTroubleshooting

Getting started

Attach the bot to your MT5 account in four steps. Takes about five minutes.

1

Add your MT5 account in the portal

Go to My accounts → Add account and enter your MT5 account number. Right after creating it you'll get a license key — that's the only thing the EA needs to work. Each account you add uses one license from your plan.
2

Allow WebRequest in the MT5 terminal

In MT5: Tools → Options → Expert Advisors, tick "Allow WebRequest for listed URL" and add:
https://aurax.trade
This is the #1 reason a bot stays silent — without it, MT5 blocks all of the EA's network calls and the license never verifies.
3

Install the EA on a chart

Drag XAUUSD_Scalper.ex5 onto an open XAUUSD chart (or the symbol you entered in the portal). In the EA's inputs, under "License", paste your LicenseKey from the portal.
4

Confirm activation

Make sure AutoTrading is enabled (top toolbar) and the smiley on the chart is happy. Check the Experts tab — you should see "license active". Within a minute or two the account in My accounts stops showing the "bot hasn't checked in yet" warning and turns to Live.
Trial: during the 3-day trial the bot trades real signals on a demo MT5 account you set up with your broker — without risking real funds, and no payment is required. After the trial the account pauses until you upgrade.

Running the bot

How to start, pause, resume and monitor the bot day to day.

Starting & stopping

  • Start: attach the EA to a chart with AutoTrading on. It reopens baskets automatically — no need to click anything per trade.
  • Pause: in Controls press Pause. The bot stops opening/adding positions but keeps existing ones and keeps monitoring.
  • Pause + Close all: pauses AND closes every open position in one click (the pause is applied first so nothing reopens).
  • Resume: press Resume to let it trade again.

What the status colors mean

  • Live / green dot — the bot checked in within the last ~8 minutes.
  • Grey dot — no recent check-in. Terminal is closed, AutoTrading is off, or WebRequest isn't allowed.
  • Demo / Live badge — the bot reports which MT5 server it's on, so the portal shows whether the account is a demo or a real one.
The terminal (and its VPS, if you use one) must stay running for the bot to trade. If you close MT5, the bot stops.

Templates

A template is a full snapshot of every bot setting. Save one, apply it to any account, or share it as a file.

Create a template

  1. Go to My templates → New template.
  2. Give it a name (e.g. "Conservative gold").
  3. Either start from defaults and adjust the fields, or use Prefill from account to snapshot an account's current settings.
  4. Every setting is captured — lot & grid, profit targets, trend/ADX/pump filters, ATR grid, trading hours, risk limits, magic numbers.
  5. Save to cloud. You can also Download it as a JSON file and Import it later or on another profile.

Apply a template to an account

  1. The bot must be paused with no open positions first (Controls → Pause + Close all).
  2. On the template card press Apply to account and pick the account.
  3. The new settings reach the bot on its next check-in (within ~a minute). You can then Resume.
You can also copy a top performer's exact settings from the Leaderboard — same pause + no-open-positions rule applies.

Key settings, briefly

  • Base lot / Lot multiplier / Grid step / Max positions — the core grid. Bigger multiplier & more positions = more aggressive (and riskier).
  • Basket profit / Combined profit — when the bot banks a basket.
  • Trend / ADX / Pump filters — gate new entries; turning them on trades less but more selectively.
  • Max drawdown % — the hard killswitch that closes everything and stops the bot.

Testing & backtesting

Always validate a configuration before running it on a live account.

1. Test on a demo account

The safest first step: add a demo MT5 account, apply your template, and let it run for a few days. The portal tags it Demo automatically, and you can watch the daily max-drawdown history to see how much heat the settings take.

2. MT5 Strategy Tester (real ticks)

  1. Open MT5 → View → Strategy Tester.
  2. Select the XAUUSD_Scalper EA, symbol XAUUSD, timeframe M1.
  3. Modelling: "Every tick based on real ticks" — this is the most accurate.
  4. Set the deposit to match the account you'll run (e.g. a cent account with $750).
  5. Load your settings with the Load button (a .set file) and run.

3. Judge the result honestly

  • Look at max drawdown, not just net profit — a grid strategy can look great right up until it doesn't.
  • Test over a long period that includes bad weeks, not just a good month.
  • Remember the tester doesn't model swap or every real-world fill perfectly — treat results as a guide, not a promise.
Past / simulated performance never guarantees future results. Only run on live money what you're prepared to risk.

Bulk & controls

Manage several accounts at once.

Bulk actions

If you have more than one account, Controls shows a Bulk actions panel. Tick the accounts you want (or Select all) and send a single command — Pause, Resume, Close all, or Pause + Close all — to all of them at once.

Per-account controls

Each account also has its own controls, live positions, closed-trade history and command log, plus a template picker. Commands reach the bot on its next check-in (within ~a minute).

Troubleshooting

The usual suspects when something isn't working.

The account shows "bot hasn't checked in yet" / grey dot

Check, in order: (1) MT5 terminal is open and AutoTrading is on; (2) https://aurax.trade is in the allowed WebRequest list; (3) the LicenseKey in the EA matches the one in the portal; (4) the EA smiley on the chart is happy, not sad.

"License inactive" in the Experts tab

Your trial ended or the license for that account isn't active. Check the account's status in the portal — if the trial is over, upgrade to reactivate it.

The bot closed everything and stopped on its own

That's the max-drawdown killswitch protecting the account. Review your settings (lower the multiplier / max positions, or raise the grid step) before resuming.

It says Demo but it's my real account (or vice-versa)

The badge comes straight from the MT5 server the bot is connected to. If it looks wrong, you're likely logged into the wrong MT5 login/server in the terminal.

I changed a template but nothing happened

Settings only apply when the bot is paused with no open positions, and they reach the bot on its next check-in. Pause + Close all, apply, then Resume.

Still stuck? Open a ticket in Support and we'll help.